History Main / BankruptcyBarrel

* This happens to Mikey Blumberg in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' episode "Mikey's Pants", when Gretchen suggests that he use a barrel the way that people in cartoons do. [[EpicFail He tries, but falls over and rolls into kindergartner territory]].

-->-- ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride''

* The Creator/AbbottAndCostello film ''Buck Privates'' ends with Costello's character wearing a barrel after losing his pants in a crap game. The rear of the barrel [[VisualPun shows the words "THE END"]] as the film fades out.

* The ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' episode "Home Alone" has Johnny left wearing a barrel after the Clothes Horse Thief decides to take his clothes instead of those of his mother Bunny.

* ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' had this happen to the colonists when they were unfairly taxed in the episode "No More Kings".

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PetAlien'' episode "Day of the Naked Aliens", Dinko destroys all of the clothing in [=DeSpray=] Bay, believing them to be mind-controlling the population. The following morning, the entire population of [=DeSpray=] Bay show up on Tommy's doorstop wearing barrels to cover themselves.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "[[Recap/MickeyMouseS3E20GoodSports Good Sports]]", when Mickey explains the consequences of bad sportsmanship, the Goofy with bad sportsmanship is seen wearing a barrel that reads "loser" after the other Goofies beat him up for his bad sportsmanship.

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To show that a character is in such dire financial straits that he's literally "lost his shirt", the otherwise-naked character will resort to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barrel.jpg wearing a large barrel]] usually held up by suspenders. This trope is primarily seen in cartoons.

* ComicBook/JoseCarioca (or Ze Carioca) once became invisible in order to manipulate a soccer game so he'd win the lottery. (There's one lottery in Brazil where people bet in the results of a series of soccer games) Because his clothes didn't become invisible, he took them off and went to the field. The invisibility potion wore off while he was at the field. Wearing nothing but a barrel, Zé was seeking revenge against the witch who sold him the potion and the [[GuardianAngel guardian devil]] who goaded him into seeking her help.

* In ''[[VideoGame/DisneysMagicalQuest Disney's Magical Quest 3]]'', playing as Donald Duck has him wear a barrel when using the armor costume. The cutscene for when the player first gets the costume justifies Donald wearing a barrel instead of a proper suit of armor by having the blacksmith state that Donald's rear is to big to fit the regular suit of armor and that Donald has to make do with something that would fit better.

* The ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' episode "Quiverwing Quack" has a scene of Negaduck running away while wearing a barrel after he had earlier escaped by slipping out of his clothes.

* After ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}' finds an envelope of money and has it legally declared his, he learns it belonged to an old lady and is conflicted over what to do. In his ImagineSpot not only is the lady in a barrel, but her dog as well.

* The ''VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju'' animated series has a variant with minor character the Log Hermit, who wears nothing but a hollow tree stump.

->''"Nothing says "stock market crash" like wearing a barrel instead of clothes."''

Compare PauperPatches, ShoppingCartOfHomelessness, and WalletMoths. Contrast ConspicuousConsumption.

* Happens to Reggie van Dough in an episode of Creator/HannaBarbera's ''ComicBook/RichieRich'' when Richie thought that his father had lost his fortune, as part of his friends helping to earn his money back, Reggie starts selling Richie's goods at absurdly low prices; when he is discovered, the mob strips off Reggie's clothing, forcing him to run off wearing only a barrel.

Compare PauperPatches and WalletMoths. Contrast ConspicuousConsumption.

* [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/The_KAMics/5466698/ Worn by Gertrude & Brunhilda]] in ''Webcomic/TheKamics''.

** The episode "The Thomas Jefferson Program" shows Betsy Ross (portrayed by the World's Oldest Woman) wearing a barrel after her bloomers are used to make the first American flag.